I use ChatGPT to write code fairly often. Because I don’t know how. ChatGPT never gets it right the first time, usually doesn’t get it right by the 10th try, and will never stop going down a robot hole of inaccuracy until I give up. The only success I have had in recent memory was getting some custom commands written in Karabiner for my desktop mice.
Its already happening: Microsoft laid off about 3% of its workforce last week, some 6,000 employees in total. A big chunk of those workers were software engineers, aka coders, according to Bloomberg.
Can AI replace software engineers in the future?
AI is not in a position to replace programmers, but as a developing technology, its current limitations may become less limiting over time. However, even then, replacing programmers with AI will face another obstacle: human comfort.
Programmers and software engineers develop products that deeply impact society. In order for AI to completely replace these job roles, people in society will need to be comfortable relying on these technologies to create programs that analyze medical records, handle financial systems, fly airplanes, control nuclear power plants, and manage military defense systems.
Because some software engineers work on highly sensitive programs, **confidence in AI’s programming capabilities will have to be very high before AI is in a position to replace programmers completely—and reaching this level of confidence will likely take time.
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Another important point to remember when you’re trying to forecast when AI will replace programmers: Human programmers are crucial participants in AI development. Even as the technology becomes more advanced, AI programmers and AI software engineers are working on
Right now at least, AI is being more of a headache than anything in coding. Microsoft itself was responsible for one such gaffe in May, as an actual coder had to tell the AI to fix an error, again and again, as each time it’d make a different mistake
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says that AI systems can replace entry level workers, and will soon be able to code “like an experienced software engineer.”
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-ai-is-killing-jobs-in-the-tech-f39
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I use ChatGPT to write code fairly often. Because I don’t know how. ChatGPT never gets it right the first time, usually doesn’t get it right by the 10th try, and will never stop going down a robot hole of inaccuracy until I give up. The only success I have had in recent memory was getting some custom commands written in Karabiner for my desktop mice.
What other LLMs have you tried?
Try this and get back to me.
Sam Altman makes money from people believing this.
Did Sammy boy write these articles and videos as well?
https://www.upskilled.edu.au/skillstalk/will-ai-take-over-your-programming-job
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-YbaSzDmhU
Its already happening: Microsoft laid off about 3% of its workforce last week, some 6,000 employees in total. A big chunk of those workers were software engineers, aka coders, according to Bloomberg.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/05/19/can-ai-take-your-coding-job
from a Full stack Engineer:
https://code.quora.com/Will-AI-replace-programmers-or-developers
https://www.coursera.org/articles/will-ai-replace-programmers
Can AI replace software engineers in the future? AI is not in a position to replace programmers, but as a developing technology, its current limitations may become less limiting over time. However, even then, replacing programmers with AI will face another obstacle: human comfort.
Programmers and software engineers develop products that deeply impact society. In order for AI to completely replace these job roles, people in society will need to be comfortable relying on these technologies to create programs that analyze medical records, handle financial systems, fly airplanes, control nuclear power plants, and manage military defense systems.
Because some software engineers work on highly sensitive programs, **confidence in AI’s programming capabilities will have to be very high before AI is in a position to replace programmers completely—and reaching this level of confidence will likely take time. **
Another important point to remember when you’re trying to forecast when AI will replace programmers: Human programmers are crucial participants in AI development. Even as the technology becomes more advanced, AI programmers and AI software engineers are working on
Right now at least, AI is being more of a headache than anything in coding. Microsoft itself was responsible for one such gaffe in May, as an actual coder had to tell the AI to fix an error, again and again, as each time it’d make a different mistake